The ectoparasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) differentially affects cells mediating the immune response of its flesh fly host, Sarcophaga bullata Parker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

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Disruption of pupariation and eclosion behavior in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata Parker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), by venom from the ectoparasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

✍ David B. Rivers; Jan Zdarek; David L. Denlinger 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 265 KB

## Abstract The action of venom from the ectoparasitic wasp, __Nasonia vitripennis__, was monitored by examining alterations in patterned muscular movements characteristic of pupariation and eclosion behavior in the flesh fly, __Sarcophaga bullata__. Venom injected into larvae prior to pupariation